I get it. Even though I’m 64, I’m still in the learning mode.
i LOVE the idea of a NICE (or THANKS) button! :heart_eyes:
-> Members collect “thanks” for helpful comments or good reviews - anything that helps the community
-> that number should be be public below the Username so anyone (especially newbees) can easy identify our heroes
-> only 5 (or10) “nice” can be given per user and day
-> a list of “nicest posts of the day/week/month/all times” would be great
Personally it has nothing to do with kids (I don’t have any). I just don’t like to see it myself. I won’t go into my philosophical reasons for that because it would definitely be divisive.
That being said, I probably wouldn’t hit the Rude button anyways if it wasn’t against the rules like emarkd said. I won’t usually fault people for staying within the rules. On the flip side, if there wasn’t a rule and profanity was the norm, I wouldn’t be here to start with.
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In regards to the nice button, I’d fear Rude people using it to get a lot of “Nice” in their tank then use that to be really awful in a couple of posts without going in the red so to speak, or having multiple accounts to up their Nice level. As long as SB still gets notified when a post is especially rude, I suppose a “nice” button would bring an air of positivity.
Yea a button opposite the Rude button is just going to justify rude behavior.
@SB - how about renaming the “Rude!” button to “Rules!” ?
Or simply ‘Report’ but I don’t mind ‘Rude!’
“Rules!’ could mean ”This post RULES!!!” 
I’ve often wanted to give posts a +1 or a ‘lol’ or a ‘Thanks!’ without posting a new one-word comment. I’d want it to be clear which comment I was thanking them for though. Similarly, if someone lets me know I’m being rude, I’d want to know which comment(s) bothered them. I can guess sometimes, but I’ve often found my guesses are wrong.
Ha, maybe that would happen. “Report” sounds ok, but I like how the Rudeness-meter is a form a self-governance instead of implying there will be an investigation for every click.
A nice or like button will create a ranking system among members and people will automatically judge others based on that. Much like how in CPF your knowledge is questioned by your join date and count post… Opinions from people with a low post count are often considered invalid.
About being maked rude for expressing a personal opinion, I think that’s not what the rude button was made for… People can’t start a somewhat controversial topic on a public forum and expect everyone to agree with them. This is why I did not comment on that thread, basically there were 2 or 3 general points of views and they were marking each other rude, how lame.
I think this whole thing should be scrapped. It’s going to create animosity amongst the community. Just my opinion. It’s one thing when members try to sell kitchens, or cause trouble. That’s another story.
That thread was doomed from the beginning. It implicitly violated all the rules.
What thread?
Dude, it’s a good thing. I don’t know how you violated so many rules and didn’t see it. Rude is the only rule you didn’t violate with that post.
Agreed. It turned into what beverage do you like….Completely off topic. I played into it as well.
It was one word I said, and it wasn’t that bad to be honest. Another word for backside…
I don’t recall the bad language, just a lot of hate and other violations.
It’s something I have to remember not to do here. For a long time, I didn’t know which words were the “bad” ones, so I didn’t even realize when I said something wrong. Now I at least know which ones to avoid, but once in a while I forget. The words themselves don’t mean anything special to me, but I respect that different people are sensitive to different things.
Like, I know a guy who needs to leave for a while to cry any time he hears anything about Christopher Walken. I haven’t asked why; I just don’t talk about that when he’s around. And if we’re playing Cards Against Humanity, I’ll take that card out of the deck first. Oddest thing, really — all the terrible stuff in that game, and the thing he really can’t stand is a random movie star.
So, more or less the same as anywhere else, making sure one’s behavior is appropriate for the situation.
I think there’s an editing mistake, That’s not my quote. Can you fix it please?
I have no idea what just happened. I deleted my comment
No matter what you say and how you say it someone will always get offended as long as it is a personal opinion. Sometimes I wish we had a “underground forum” like CPF, but then we might as well simply not use BLF to discuss those kind of things.